Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1993)
- Directed by
- Nick Broomfield
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 75 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows filmmaker Nick Broomfield as he tries to interview convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos. He documents the obstacles put up by her adoptive mother and her lawyer, showing how people around Wuornos profited from her notoriety. The film questions whether Wuornos got a fair trial due to police and legal misconduct.
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What happens
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer is a 1992 documentary film about Aileen Wuornos, made by Nick Broomfield. It documents Broomfield's attempts to interview Wuornos, which involves a long process of mediation through her adoptive mother, Arlene Pralle, and her lawyer, Steve Glazer. The film essentially highlights the exploitation of Wuornos by those around her and questions the fairness of her trial, given the vested interests of the police. The film was used by the defense in the Wuornos trial in 2001 to highlight the incompetence of Wuornos' original lawyer. It was through this process that Broomfield decided to make a second film, Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer. For the feature film Monster, Charlize Theron used this film as source material, apparently watching clips in-between takes in order to perfect her character. For her performance, Theron won a Best Actress Oscar, awarded on what would have been Wuornos's birthday. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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